Dr. Muhammad Nazim

Dr. Muhammad Haris Nazim is a board-certified general surgeon with additional certification in trauma surgery and surgical critical care. With more than 20 years of experience, Dr. Nazim has built a career grounded in high-acuity clinical care, leadership in academic surgery, and a commitment to improving access to life-saving surgical services in both urban and rural populations. He currently serves as the Dr. William and Sue Hale Distinguished Professor and Regional Chair of the Department of Surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) in Amarillo, Texas. In addition to this academic leadership role, he also serves as the Trauma Medical Director at BSA Hospital and is affiliated with Northwest Texas Hospital, where he leads teams providing critical care, trauma resuscitation, and emergency surgery.

Dr. Nazim’s areas of clinical interest span a broad spectrum of urgent and emergent surgical conditions, including abdominal trauma, thoracic injury, hemorrhagic shock, and complex soft tissue infections. He is highly experienced in procedures such as exploratory laparotomy, bowel resections, chest tube insertion, tracheostomy, emergency hernia repairs, and wound debridement. He also has a focused interest in complex wound management, serving as a Certified Wound Specialist Physician (CWSP), and has treated patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections, chronic non-healing wounds, and pressure ulcers requiring surgical intervention.

Dr. Nazim is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Ogilvie Syndrome, Cholecystitis, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Hernia Surgery, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Nazim is board certified in American Board Of Surgery ( ABS), American Board Of Wound Management (ABWM), and American Board Of Wound Medicine & Surgery (ABWMS). He is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 19 peer reviewed articles.